This is Mooney! Part 3

This is another Mooney-update, as the title suggests. Anyways, because Emma is still young and actually in school some days a week, her dad is with us too, as he is her replacement. His name is Thomas Corbett, and he is a quiet one, but he is a very good rider. He has a calm approach towards horses, and we thought he would be the perfect rider for Mooney (KTC Gunsmoke N' Metal).

I went out with him and Mooney, as this was the first time Mooney was mounted properly, and I wanted to see how it went. Thomas led him to the stool, and mounted him and everything was fine and well. He just sat there for a little while petting Mooney, and the stallion panted over-excitedly.

He got a small piece of apple from Thomas, and then I turned my back to them to call for my dogs Felix, as he want into the arena, which he knows he can't do, but sometimes do anyway. Bottom lines is; Mooney got spooked by the dog, and reared up with Thomas on his back. Thomas is a very experienced ride, so he just lent forward and gave the stallion as much rein as he could, and waited for him to calm down, but ended up getting bucked off in the end anyways.

When Thomas got up again, on Mooney, the stallion looked pained and reared up again, but Thomas held on tight this time and stayed on his back. I became a little worried though, because I could see pain in Mooney's eyes, and I told Thomas to bring him inside. I think Thomas accidentally kick Mooney's back as he got bucked off, so I wanted to check if everything was ok with him.

We got inside, and I tried to touch his back, but he tried to bite me, something he has NEVER done before. I felt around a little, and found a spot that was very tender. Possibly the spot Thomas accidentally kicked when he fell of off the horse.

So I have called our very talented horse masseuse and chiropractor Carol to go through him and figure out if everything is as it should be. It is possible that it's just a little tender, but nothing is wrong, but I don't wanna take the chance and give Mooney bad riding experience. I would rather call Carol, and let her look at him.